The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 10, 1902
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
9:51 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -256
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.17° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.22° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.