The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1974
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
9:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 221.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.00° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.76° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.