The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 9, 2046
Waxing Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
12:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1527
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 63.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.98° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.49° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.