The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
2:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 797
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 | 111.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.25° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.76° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.