The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 7, 2009
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
5:33 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1069
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -26.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.02° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 204.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.