The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2045
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
11:39 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1515
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 | 35.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.97° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.38° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.