The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1941
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
2:30 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 228
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 | 281.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.62° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.