The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
4:57 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 129
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.8° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -26.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.58° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.