The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1923
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
6:39 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 10
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 163.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.78° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.53° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.