The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
3:15 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 661
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 47.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -12.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.02° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.56° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| 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.