The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 1979
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
6:25 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 698
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.43° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.62° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 26.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.