The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 9, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
3:14 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1935
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 | 126.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.90° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.39° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.