The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1918
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
6:50 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 330.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 204.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.34° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.79° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.