The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 11, 1944
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
11:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.10° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.38° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.