The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1917
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
9:28 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -69
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 | 235.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.00° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.29° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.