The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1971
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
2:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 263.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.91° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.02° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.