The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
3:52 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1601
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 | 138.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.44° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.58° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.