The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:35 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 330.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.94° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.01° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.