The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 1959
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
11:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 451
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 | 35.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.62° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.93° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.