The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
3:58 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 257
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.43° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.54° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.