The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
3:23 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 424
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 | 128.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.65° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.20° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.