The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% 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
6:44 PM
4:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 216
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 | 150.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.75° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.78° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.