The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
1:31 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 125.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.0° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.02° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.63° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.