The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 1971
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
6:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 599
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 | 188.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.3° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.27° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.99° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.