The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 2197
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
2:31 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3394
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 | 280.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.40° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / -6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.21° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.