The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 2076
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
6:24 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1898
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 | 187.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.99° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.39° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.