The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 17, 2010
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
12:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1082
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 | 69.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.18° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.87° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.