The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
4:36 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 148.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 17.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -11.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.62° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.58° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.