The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 1918
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
7:52 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 9.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.51° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.94° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.