The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
3:59 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2801
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 | 140.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 33.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.26° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.79° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.