The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
3:27 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2232
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.15° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.80° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.