The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 2047
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
6:16 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1539
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.76° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.