The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 163.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.4° / 344.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.14° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.57° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.