The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 17, 2061
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
9:39 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.1° / 116.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.78° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.29° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 166.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.