The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1927
Waxing Crescent
43.8% 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
12:36 PM
1:53 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 55
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 | 82.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.64° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.01° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.