The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
4:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 698
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.61° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.76° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| 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.