The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 1986
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
8:35 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 784
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.3° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.69° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.47° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.