The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1960
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
6:22 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 463
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.57° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 21.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.