The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1957
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
9:14 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 430
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 | 199.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.72° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.81° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.