The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
3:17 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2442
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.22° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.18° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.