The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
2:25 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.31° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.84° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.