The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1953
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
12:28 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 377
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 | 70.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.15° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.05° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.