The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
11:46 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 248.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.16° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.57° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.