The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
1:59 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2294
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -4.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.17° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.63° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.20° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.