The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1953
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
3:46 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 295.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 8.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.25° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.26° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.