The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 7, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
4:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 599
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.7° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.28° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.39° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.