The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1972
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
6:06 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 320.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.51° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.55° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.