The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 9, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
2:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 995
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 | 113.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.11° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.36° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.