The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1954
First Quarter
52.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
1:31 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 389
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / -0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.47° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.40° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.