The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1926
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
1:29 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 43
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 | 81.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.89° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.21° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.