The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 2017
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
12:38 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1168
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.79° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.40° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.40° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.