The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 1938
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
7:54 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.99° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.51° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.