The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1972
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
8:26 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -22.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.15° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.93° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.