The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1942
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
7:41 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 144.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.11° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.23° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.