The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 10, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
12:58 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 320
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 78.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.09° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.93° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.