The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 7, 1929
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
9:35 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.8° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.61° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.48° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.