The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1936
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
7:06 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 166
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 | 196.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.64° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.01° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.