The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1972
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
12:43 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.30° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.24° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.