The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
2:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1020
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 | 120.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -10.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.04° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.15° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| 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.