The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 1955
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
4:05 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.5° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.41° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.28° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.