The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Waning Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
2:38 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.81° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.64° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.