The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 2001
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
7:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 970
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 | 198.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.50° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.77° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.