The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 1969
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
3:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 574
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 | 288.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| 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.