The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2178
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
6:19 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3163
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 | 351.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 167.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.79° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.94° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.