The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
5:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1168
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.4° / 329.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.42° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.20° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.