The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 2104
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2248
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.57° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.23° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.