The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1931
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
5:34 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 108
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.53° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.80° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.