The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 2015
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.39° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.80° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.