The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1976
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
9:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 312.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.16° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.58° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.