The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
9:19 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1069
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.50° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.96° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.