The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 2144
First Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
1:10 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2739
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.93° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.00° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| 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.