The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1991
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
2:34 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 846
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 | 282.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.59° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.51° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.64° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.