The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
2:46 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 55
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 | 104.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.57° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.58° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| 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.