The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 1984
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
8:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 325.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.80° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.01° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.