The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 1975
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
11:33 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 73.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.29° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.38° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.03° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.