The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 2042
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1477
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 | 213.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -26.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.01° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.00° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.