The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
4:40 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 393
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 | 158.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.68° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.65° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.