The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 162.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.1° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.22° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.98° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.