The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
1:23 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -180
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.09° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.87° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.