The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1942
Waning Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
3:10 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 240
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 0.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.27° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.04° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.