The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1988
Waning Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
4:16 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 809
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 238.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.23° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.47° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.