The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1917
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
6:40 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.31° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.11° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.