The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1923
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
3:31 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 5
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 | 294.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 235.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.82° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.46° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.