The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1911
Waning Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -143
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 | 244.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.77° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.92° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.