The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 11, 2016
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
1:15 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.59° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.03° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.