The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
11:19 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 34.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.53° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.98° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.