The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 2154
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
7:02 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2862
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.2° / 198.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.42° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.38° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.