The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1988
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
11:53 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 810
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 | 37.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.58° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.55° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.