The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 1936
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
9:13 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 166
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 | 221.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.73° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.39° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.