The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
1:14 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 106.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.74° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.95° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.