The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 11, 2005
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
12:22 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.52° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.48° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.