The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 2050
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1576
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.28° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.98° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.