The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 1969
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
12:49 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.64° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.00° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.