The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 2087
Waxing Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
12:37 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2034
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.35° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.65° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.