The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1973
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
7:28 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 624
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.95° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.19° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.