The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1970
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
11:38 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 26.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.24° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.18° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.