The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1998
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
1:45 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / -2.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.19° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.82° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.