The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
4:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1774
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.9° / 359.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.91° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.80° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| 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.