The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 10, 1999
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
5:18 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 945
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 216.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.08° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.93° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.