The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
1:54 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.03° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.04° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.