The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 7, 2022
First Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1230
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.48° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.99° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.