The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1977
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
1:32 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 673
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.16° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.80° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.