The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1974
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 636
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.84° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.96° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.