The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1962
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
1:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 488
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 | 83.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.81° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.82° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.