The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
4:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 364
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 | 159.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.1° / 2.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.06° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.17° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.