The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1961
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.67° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.70° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.