The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 11, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
5:18 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3246
Events on this date
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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 | 163.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 344.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.99° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.00° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.