The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1999
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
12:46 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 263.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.21° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.42° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.01° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.