The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
5:37 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1638
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 | 169.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 331.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.28° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.83° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.