The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 17, 1952
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
4:49 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 364
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 | 305.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.54° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.07° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.