The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
3:15 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 130.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 50.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.59° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.76° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.