The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
1:42 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 99.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.18° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.98° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.61° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.