The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1963
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
7:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 500
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 | 194.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.01° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.40° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.