The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 9, 2017
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
6:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1168
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.29° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 17.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.