The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 2061
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.24° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.79° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.