The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
2:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -254
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 56.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.69° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.85° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.