The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1900
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
9:57 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -279
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 | 238.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.98° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.71° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.