The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 10, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
4:41 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 166.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.7° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.02° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.