The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
2:19 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 122.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.39° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.34° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.