The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
1:33 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 884
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 | 100.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.15° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.57° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| 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.