The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
4:00 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 297.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.91° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.68° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.