The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 17, 2018
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1181
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 | 53.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.00° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.52° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.