The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1953
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
6:59 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 29.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 148.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.62° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.