The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 1957
Waning Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 239.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.91° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.39° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.