The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 2012
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
9:33 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 223.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.01° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.17° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.