The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1924
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
6:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 18
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.87° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.