The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 10, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
3:21 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 127.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.04° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.39° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| 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.