The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 1916
Waxing Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
11:56 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -81
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 | 64.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.85° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.74° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.