The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 6, 2076
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
12:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1898
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.15° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.90° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.