The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
1:34 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 97.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 72.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -3.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.13° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.00° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.