The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1939
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
4:36 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.83° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.12° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.