The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 9, 1950
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
3:34 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 339
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.63° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.85° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.