The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
1:26 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.95° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.25° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.