The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 1988
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
6:41 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.89° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.72° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.