The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1923
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
4:26 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 5
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.63° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.69° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.