The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1937
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
6:43 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 178
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.6° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.47° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.60° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.