The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1943
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
12:32 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 253
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 | 63.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.11° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.85° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.