The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 7, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 228
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.35° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.37° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.