The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1918
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
9:55 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.59° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.46° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.