The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2061
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
10:41 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1712
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.06° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.19° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.