The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 2046
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1527
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 | 50.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.00° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.73° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.