The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1949
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
12:39 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 260.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.77° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.01° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.