The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 2108
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
7:05 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2293
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 182.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.74° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.42° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.