The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1971
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
3:33 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 599
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.14° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.64° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| 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.