The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 10, 1948
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
8:29 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 313
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.28° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.26° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.