The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1926
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
8:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 132.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.53° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.39° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.