The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 9, 2191
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
7:35 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3320
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -27.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.23° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.39° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| 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.