The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 7, 2021
Waning Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
6:33 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.85° / -2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.34° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.18° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.