The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 1940
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
9:56 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 31.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.50° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.58° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.