The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1959
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
9:50 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 451
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 | 12.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.3° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.13° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.43° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.