The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
4:09 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.54° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.66° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.