The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
1:56 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1589
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 68.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.92° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.38° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| 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.