The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 1972
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
4:49 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 306.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.72° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.31° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.