The Moon on this date

Moon on Monday, June 11, 1917

Waning Gibbous

56.6% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
–
Highest
45°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
56.6%
Age
21.7 days
Distance
369,800 km
Apparent size
32.3′
Constellation
Aquarius
Lunation number
-69

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at greatest elongation

    24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

Exact values

For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun262.49°
Phase angle82.38°
Illuminated fraction56.63%
Altitude / azimuth-1.4° / 267.6°
Right ascension / declination22h 49m / -2.53°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude342.66° / 4.63°
Libration in longitude / latitude1.64° / -5.65°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-79.70° / 0.54°
Position angle of the axis338.5°
Position angle of the bright limb67.1°
Apparent magnitude-10.4

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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