The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% 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
4:01 PM
2:12 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 116.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.04° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.98° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.