The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 1961
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
2:13 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 475
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 | 280.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -3.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.76° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.63° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.