The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
2:57 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1230
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 | 114.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.59° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.57° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.