The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
9:24 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1242
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 | 227.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.46° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.38° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.