The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 2182
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
12:00 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3209
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.32° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.06° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.