The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 2007
Last Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
1:39 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1044
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.81° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.82° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.