The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 7, 2019
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
12:15 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1193
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 79.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.32° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.11° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.