The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 1939
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 231.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.66° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.78° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.