The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
3:32 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 290.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.42° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.33° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.26° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.