The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 8, 2181
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
5:50 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3196
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 216.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.85° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.53° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.