The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2159
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
10:00 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2925
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.66° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.48° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.