The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1933
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
4:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 129
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.87° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.27° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.