The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1991
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
6:05 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 846
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 | 320.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.81° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.36° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.