The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
1:04 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 925
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.04° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.14° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.