The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
4:19 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.79° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.53° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.