The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1923
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
1:38 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 5
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.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.01° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.00° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.