The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 11, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
2:41 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 389
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.29° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.77° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| 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.