The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1904
Waxing Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
11:07 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.17° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.39° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.