The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 2016
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
12:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 59.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.40° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.