The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
3:08 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -180
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.98° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.05° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| 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.