The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
1:54 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 389
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.50° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.18° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.