The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 2123
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
6:18 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2479
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:03 PM, is deepest at 1:02 AM and ends at 3:00 AM. Totality lasts from 12:08 AM to 1:55 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.39° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.