The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
5:56 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 174.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 321.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.65° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.