The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
4:02 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 463
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 32.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.75° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.75° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.