The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1948
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
8:27 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 348.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.52° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.09° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.