The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1927
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
7:59 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 55
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 | 208.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.78° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.21° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.