The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1955
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
6:44 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 401
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 | 191.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.87° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.60° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.