The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 1958
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
10:58 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 438
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 | 240.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.79° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.58° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.