The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 1956
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
6:59 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 411
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 176.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.73° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.95° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.