The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 6, 2072
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
11:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1848
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 | 245.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.67° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.16° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.