The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 11, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
2:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1094
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.86° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.59° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.