The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
2:18 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2900
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.70° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.39° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.