The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
1:54 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1131
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 | 99.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.88° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.56° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| 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.