The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 2031
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
9:38 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1341
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.28° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.96° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.