The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
3:56 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3271
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 | 140.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.16° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.41° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.