The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 1980
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
1:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 277.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.26° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.43° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.