The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 10, 1996
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
3:51 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 908
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.48° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.06° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.