The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 2153
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
5:39 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2850
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.03° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.