The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 11, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
2:09 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.19° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.18° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.