The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
2:58 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -242
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 | 140.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.59° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.66° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.