The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
5:08 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1304
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 | 172.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.3° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.16° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.22° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| 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.