The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
1:56 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2900
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.78° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.60° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.