The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 1959
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
9:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 449
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.99° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.99° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.