The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
1:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 649
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 | 103.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 72.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.61° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.39° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.