The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
2:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 896
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 | 117.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.24° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.96° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.