The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 9, 1944
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 217.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.77° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.98° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.