The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1969
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
11:32 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 575
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 25.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.76° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.36° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.