The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1977
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
2:32 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 673
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 | 282.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.02° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.