The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1996
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
1:43 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.73° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.61° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.