The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
3:54 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1737
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -22.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.33° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.41° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.