The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 1975
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
8:03 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 346.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.39° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.46° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.