The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1935
Waxing Crescent
44.7% 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
12:59 PM
1:13 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 154
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 3.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.65° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.22° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.