The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 9, 1997
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 921
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 | 51.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.19° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.30° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.