The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 7, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
3:36 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 327
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.46° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.95° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.