The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 2179
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3172
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.96° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.50° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.