The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1928
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 67
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -25.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.84° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.60° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.