The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1906
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 346.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.55° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 335.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.