The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
6:25 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1081
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.16° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.15° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.