The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 1964
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
8:38 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 512
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 142.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.48° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.48° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.