The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 1990
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
5:46 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 834
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.89° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.