The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
7:33 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.4° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.63° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.42° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.