The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 2161
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
3:23 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2949
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 | 289.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.50° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.04° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| 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.