The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1914
Waning Crescent
30.6% 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
1:11 AM
2:36 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -106
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.64° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.96° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.