The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
2:47 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1490
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 | 125.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.20° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.79° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.