The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1955
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
8:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 401
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 | 213.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.69° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.99° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.