The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 10, 1948
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 316
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.03° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.24° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.