The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 220.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.84° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.16° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.