The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2044
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
12:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1502
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 | 257.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.86° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.06° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.79° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.