The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 10, 2046
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
12:54 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1527
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.06° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.26° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.