The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1981
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
6:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 723
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.78° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 4.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.