The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 7, 1947
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 302
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.21° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.38° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.