The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1996
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
6:04 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 337.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.36° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.04° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.