The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2056
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
2:46 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1650
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 | 287.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.41° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.