The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 11, 2001
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
10:57 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.64° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.56° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.