The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
2:44 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 550
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.96° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.75° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.