The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 2013
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
9:45 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.87° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.65° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.