The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1961
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
7:51 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 10.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 141.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.21° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.41° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.