The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 10, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
3:08 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2941
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.58° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.91° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.