The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 11, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
5:37 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 661
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.93° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.99° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.