The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 1928
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 65
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.05° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.14° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.