The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 9, 2023
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:58 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.44° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.79° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.