The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 2146
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.21° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.37° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.