The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 1942
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
5:06 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 240
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 | 313.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.89° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.51° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.