The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 2160
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
11:00 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2937
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.31° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.80° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.