The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 1905
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
10:48 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -217
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 | 41.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.69° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.21° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.