The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 8, 2081
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
10:55 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1960
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.37° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.23° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.