The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 2072
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
6:37 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 169.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.10° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.06° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.