The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
3:10 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 327
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.09° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.15° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.