The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2011
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
7:49 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 203.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.16° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.57° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.