The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
4:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 834
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.1° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.04° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.78° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.