The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
10:15 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 27.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.54° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.46° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.