The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 10, 1969
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:13 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 574
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.51° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.91° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.