The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2006
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1032
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.16° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.