The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
2:09 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 108.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.49° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.59° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.