The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 11, 1958
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
3:44 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 438
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.07° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.67° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.