The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1131
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 | 242.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.54° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.58° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| 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.