The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
5:33 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1246
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 | 314.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.96° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.95° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.