The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 7, 2008
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
12:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.63° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.32° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.