The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
2:54 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 119.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 56.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.39° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.96° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.