The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 2105
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
6:07 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2256
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.65° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.75° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.