The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
2:49 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1601
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 | 117.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.66° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.99° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.