The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 10, 2048
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
8:33 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1551
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.2° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.05° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.04° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.