The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1917
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
8:13 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.55° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.09° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.