The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
2:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1824
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 | 113.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.80° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.60° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.