The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2000
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
6:39 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 958
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 | 187.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.5° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.72° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.