The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 11, 1921
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
12:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -19
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.35° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.83° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.