The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
3:53 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 921
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 | 140.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.04° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.55° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.