The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 10, 1966
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
9:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 535
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 | 246.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.35° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.55° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.