The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
5:30 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 228
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 | 167.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 335.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.40° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.19° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.