The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
2:07 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 111.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.93° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.39° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.