The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1906
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
1:47 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -201
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.09° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.95° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.