The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
1:18 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 107.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.08° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.35° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.