The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1990
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
6:38 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 834
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 | 193.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -26.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.91° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.79° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.