The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 1956
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
10:47 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.58° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.60° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| 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.