The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 10, 1940
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.93° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.26° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.