The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 10, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
5:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 165.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.95° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.19° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.