The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1976
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
11:51 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 248.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.37° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.18° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.