The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
3:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 599
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.0° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.66° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.58° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.