The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 2018
Waning Crescent
13.6% 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
4:00 AM
5:25 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1180
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.87° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.74° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.