The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
1:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 587
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 | 73.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.93° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.23° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.