The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1929
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
11:46 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.92° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.98° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.