The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 1970
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 585
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 27.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.21° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.49° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.