The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1916
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
12:19 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -81
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.18° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.29° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.