The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 10, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 159.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.32° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.18° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.