The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2013
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
11:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.42° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.43° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.