The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
5:01 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 834
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 | 171.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.7° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -26.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.94° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.