The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1992
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
8:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 859
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 | 207.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.36° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.97° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.