The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -26.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.80° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.19° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.