The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2071
Waning Gibbous
97.6% 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
8:08 PM
8:55 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1840
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.96° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.25° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.