The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
4:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3184
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.6° / 351.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.24° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.38° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.