The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1956
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
9:56 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.56° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.85° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.