The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1931
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
11:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 104
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 | 252.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.49° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.40° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.