The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2167
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
8:25 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3023
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 146.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.45° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.84° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.