The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 2105
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
8:27 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2256
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 146.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.63° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.25° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.