The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2020
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
3:37 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 277.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.41° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.20° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.05° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.