The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1948
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
10:45 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.71° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.41° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.