The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1918
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
10:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 60.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.09° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.24° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.