The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1996
Waning Crescent
37.0% 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
2:11 AM
2:48 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.83° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.