The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 2015
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
12:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.55° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.21° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.