The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 7, 1924
Waxing Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
12:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 18
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.48° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.66° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.