The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2062
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
8:40 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1724
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.2° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.99° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.46° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.