The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 1950
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
12:29 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 339
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -11.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.90° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.19° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.