The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 10, 1942
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
8:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,600 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 131.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.61° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.63° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.