The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1943
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
11:54 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 19.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.53° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.32° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.