The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 11, 1960
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
8:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 463
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.04° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.