The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1945
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
7:23 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 339.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 176.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.79° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.42° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.