The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1906
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
7:58 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.08° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.88° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.