The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
1:30 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.68° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.42° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.