The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
11:18 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1044
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -15.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.47° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.39° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.