The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1985
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
5:30 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 776
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 | 312.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.33° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.54° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.