The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
3:10 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 55
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.45° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.36° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.