The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
4:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 797
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 | 163.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.4° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.52° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.97° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.