The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
3:04 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Uranus 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 | 113.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / 0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.32° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.77° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.