The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 2148
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2788
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 | 231.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.37° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.97° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.