The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1944
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
5:57 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 210.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.53° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.74° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.