The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 2049
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
8:08 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1564
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.08° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.17° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.