The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
2:53 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.89° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.73° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.