The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 46.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.19° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.66° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.