The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 2010
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
8:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 39.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.44° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.54° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.