The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 1989
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
11:58 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 822
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 86.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 24.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.60° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.37° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.