The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1906
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
6:55 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.59° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.69° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.