The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
4:10 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 140.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -9.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.93° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.37° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.