The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
4:18 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 143.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 25.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.25° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.95° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.