The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
3:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1502
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 | 135.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.49° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.39° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.