The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1962
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
1:06 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 488
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 13.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.90° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.05° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.