The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 2001
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
4:58 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.23° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.92° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.