The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1981
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
12:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 56.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.16° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.70° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.