The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1917
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
6:59 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.10° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.89° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.