The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
3:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 28.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.89° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.17° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.