The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 2170
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
2:16 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3060
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.33° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.83° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.