The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 7, 2072
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
12:17 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.49° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.37° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.