The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 2020
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
6:44 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1205
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 | 191.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.82° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.