The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1926
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
5:02 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 42
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 217.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.58° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.11° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.