The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 2001
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
9:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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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 | 231.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.78° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.36° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.