The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 15, 1942
Waxing Crescent
3.0% 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
7:41 AM
10:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.44° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.00° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.