The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 1975
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
6:02 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 322.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.64° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.97° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.