The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 2004
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
9:31 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1007
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 | 229.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.39° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.58° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| 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.