The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
5:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 159.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 355.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.54° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.39° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.