The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1906
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
4:06 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -205
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 | 313.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.96° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.63° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.