The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2109
Waning Gibbous
97.2% 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
8:14 PM
9:01 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2310
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 | 198.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 315.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.98° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.65° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.