The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
2:09 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 107.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.65° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.78° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.