The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 10, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
3:10 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 53
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.23° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.40° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| 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.