The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
4:20 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 148.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 20.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.18° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.77° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.