The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 1906
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
9:04 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.11° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.08° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.