The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
3:56 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1267
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.57° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.78° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.