The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
4:49 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1069
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.6° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.88° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.01° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.