The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
4:10 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -19
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 | 148.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.50° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.56° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.