The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 2002
First Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
1:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 983
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.59° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.20° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.