The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1929
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
10:47 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 80
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 | 15.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 26.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.79° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.23° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.