The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
8:23 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 210.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.77° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.97° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.