The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 11, 2146
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
10:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2764
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.60° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.20° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.