The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 2022
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
1:44 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1230
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 | 79.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.95° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.21° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.