The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1991
Waxing Crescent
8.6% 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
10:40 AM
8:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 851
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 | 33.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.57° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.34° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.