The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1954
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
6:52 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 389
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.41° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.41° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.