The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
3:28 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.46° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.57° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| 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.