The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 2060
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1704
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 323.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.71° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.00° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.