The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 1945
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
9:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.84° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.07° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.