The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 7, 1996
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
12:36 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 259.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.87° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.40° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.