The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 10, 1926
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:01 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 197.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.07° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.78° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.