The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1962
Waxing Crescent
26.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
12:29 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.2%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 488
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.83° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.28° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.