The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 7, 1940
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
10:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.69° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.99° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.