The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1959
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 11.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.79° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.