The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 6, 2008
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.40° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.56° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.