The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1942
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
6:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 240
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.1° / 183.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.93° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.