The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1999
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 52.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.63° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.89° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.32° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.