The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
2:03 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 105.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.19° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.97° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.