The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 10, 2072
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
3:07 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.27° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.04° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.