The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2000
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
12:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 958
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 | 57.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.08° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.90° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.