The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 1983
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
9:52 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 752
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.75° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.68° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.