The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
1:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 179
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 | 111.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.26° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.77° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.