The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1977
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
11:26 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.79° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.38° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.