The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1925
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 34
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.98° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.75° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.