The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 2030
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
8:07 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1329
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.82° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.37° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.