The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
3:19 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 46.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.32° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.37° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.