The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
3:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -182
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.32° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.01° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.