The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 19, 2017
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
3:54 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1168
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.50° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.09° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.