The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 2080
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
11:19 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1947
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.92° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.98° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.