The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
5:13 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.32° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.61° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.