The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3040
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.85° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.50° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.