The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 9, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 958
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.59° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.22° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.