The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 2079
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
7:23 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1939
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:48 AM, is deepest at 1:27 PM and ends at 3:07 PM. Totality lasts from 1:05 PM to 1:49 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.77° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 207.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.