The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1989
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
12:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 822
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 | 60.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.40° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.89° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.