The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 1920
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
1:25 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -32
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.00° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.24° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.84° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.