The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 2070
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
11:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.20° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.21° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.