The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2098
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2170
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.49° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.97° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.