The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2024
First Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1259
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.36° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.98° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.