The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
3:16 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 80
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 | 130.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.37° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.16° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.