The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 2127
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
1:21 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2529
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.14° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.