The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 11, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2306
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 351.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.57° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.