The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
4:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -242
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 | 163.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.63° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.27° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.