The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
3:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2578
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.09° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.38° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.