The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 10, 1978
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 686
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 | 53.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.78° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.87° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.