The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 2197
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
12:34 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3394
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.29° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.77° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.