The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1988
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
3:05 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 288.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.