The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 2083
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
12:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1984
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.08° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.36° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.