The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
5:41 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 253
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 | 172.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 324.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.91° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.1° |
| 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.