The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 2026
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
1:44 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1279
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.89° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.65° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.63° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.