The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2022
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1230
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 | 224.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.31° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.97° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.