The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1901
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
4:56 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 202.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.22° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.71° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.