The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2050
Waning Gibbous
86.6% 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
11:43 PM
9:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1576
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 | 222.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.90° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.79° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| 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.