The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:00 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.99° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.46° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.