The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 10, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% 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
5:58 PM
5:15 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -9
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.98° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.80° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.