The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 2053
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
6:34 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.60° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.26° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.