The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2116
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
9:41 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2397
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 | 56.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 119.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.04° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.44° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.