The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 1998
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
12:58 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 247.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 36m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.28° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.20° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.