The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 8, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
2:54 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1935
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.71° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.60° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.