The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1978
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
11:03 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 686
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 98.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.08° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.35° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.