The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1926
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
7:15 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 42
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 | 338.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.73° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.60° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.