The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1944
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
7:47 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 204.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.75° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.79° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.