The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
2:51 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3176
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 | 124.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.95° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.29° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| 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.