The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1917
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
10:37 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.17° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.39° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.