The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
3:12 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 131.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.95° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.18° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.