The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 2001
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
8:07 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.76° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.96° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.