The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 2156
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2887
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.08° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.38° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.