The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 2038
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
6:29 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1428
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 | 187.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.07° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.