The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 2070
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
6:38 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1823
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus 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 | 330.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.6° / 197.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.50° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.78° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.