The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1945
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
8:35 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 277
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.42° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.67° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.