The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1901
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
12:17 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -267
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.44° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.55° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.