The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1964
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
4:50 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 512
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 | 310.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.79° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.73° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.