The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 1981
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 80.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.31° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.23° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.