The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 2059
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
9:06 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 123.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.85° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.67° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| 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.