The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
5:18 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1081
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.7° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.17° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.91° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.