The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1901
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -267
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 | 254.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.74° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.34° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.