The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 1917
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
4:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.97° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.62° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.