The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 1926
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
8:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 147.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.95° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.85° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| 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.