The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
2:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 622
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.41° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.43° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.