The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
3:59 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 228
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 32.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.41° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.56° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.