The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2078
First Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:57 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.01° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.21° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.