The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
4:05 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 150.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 22.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.84° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.76° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.