The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 1990
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
7:36 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 834
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.05° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.99° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.