The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 10, 1960
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
7:22 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 463
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.86° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.