The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
2:34 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1230
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 | 102.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.34° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.78° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.