The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 10, 1961
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
2:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.75° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.28° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.