The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2017
Last Quarter
48.1% 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
1:45 AM
1:41 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1168
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.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.94° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.42° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.63° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.