The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1904
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
12:47 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -230
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.56° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.93° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.