The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1920
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:25 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -32
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 | 256.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.31° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.62° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.