The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 11, 1956
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.54° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.35° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.