The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
9:51 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 13.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.44° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.65° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.