The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2140
Last Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
1:52 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2689
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / 1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.79° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.01° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.