The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1922
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
10:43 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.40° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.72° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.