The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 822
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 | 160.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.5° / 353.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.20° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.98° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.