The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 1931
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
11:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 102
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.66° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.01° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.