The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 7, 1945
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
6:08 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 277
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.05° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.18° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.