The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1919
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
9:52 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -44
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 | 225.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.20° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.82° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.