The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1995
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 896
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 | 242.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.15° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.77° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.