The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2147
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2776
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.87° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.56° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.