The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
5:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2813
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.15° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.02° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| 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.