The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1984
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:09 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 760
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.73° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.60° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.