The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 7, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
2:38 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 118.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.51° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.76° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.