The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 2055
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
11:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1642
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.21° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.43° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.