The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1950
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
5:30 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.13° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.59° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.