The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
2:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 995
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 | 100.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.96° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.57° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.