The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1921
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
11:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -19
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.55° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.55° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.