The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 1960
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
3:02 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 287.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.07° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.43° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.