The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1915
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
11:25 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -93
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.56° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.16° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.