The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 10, 1909
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -170
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.04° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.36° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| 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.