The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1909
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
4:52 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -164
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 | 320.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 13.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.16° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.04° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.