The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1939
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
12:07 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 203
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 | 253.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.46° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.19° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.