The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 1990
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
3:22 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 834
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 | 288.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.19° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.46° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.