The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 2068
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
8:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1799
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 | 205.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.64° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.99° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| 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.