The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1934
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
6:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 141
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.86° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.93° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.