The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
4:44 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1057
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 | 168.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.9° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.18° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.19° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.