The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
8:19 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1069
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.71° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.76° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.