The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 9, 1972
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
7:24 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 611
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.3° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.49° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.80° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.