The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 319
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.11° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.48° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.