The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1954
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
12:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 389
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 | 70.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.75° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.85° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.