The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1965
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 525
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.50° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.78° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.