The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
4:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1539
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.4° / 357.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.15° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.61° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.