The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1928
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
5:04 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 11.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.88° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.85° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.