The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 1999
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
2:58 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 288.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.46° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| 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.