The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 2018
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
4:18 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1180
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 | 304.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.18° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.49° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.