The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 1988
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
12:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 809
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.27° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.80° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.