The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
2:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.68° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.54° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.