The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
1:34 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.84° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.57° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.