The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1992
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
12:42 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 859
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 | 74.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.32° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.26° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.