The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
2:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1255
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -14.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.75° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.36° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.