The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 9, 2178
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
2:39 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.61° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.