The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1970
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 587
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 | 40.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 23.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.36° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.94° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.