The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2069
Waning Crescent
18.3% 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
3:18 AM
4:36 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1815
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.53° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.90° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.