The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
3:38 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1032
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.07° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.