The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 2198
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
11:39 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3407
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 | 42.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.36° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.92° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.