The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
4:38 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 117
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 | 168.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.3° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.37° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.19° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.