The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 8, 2066
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1774
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.22° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.