The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 10, 1980
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
7:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 141.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.09° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.52° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.