The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 2140
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
6:30 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2693
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 161.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.70° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.54° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.