The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1993
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
8:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 871
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 | 206.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.47° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.18° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| 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.