The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 995
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 | 222.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.84° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.18° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| 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.