The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 17, 2047
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
3:58 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1539
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.25° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.64° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| 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.