The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 6, 2184
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 AM
6:44 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3233
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.3° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.42° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.19° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.