The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1905
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
5:36 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.89° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.