The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 11, 1940
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
12:29 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 7.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.94° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.03° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.