The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
4:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 151.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 12.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.99° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.17° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.