The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 1980
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
8:10 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 16.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.33° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.61° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.