The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 1974
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -22.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.58° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.43° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.