The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 10, 1980
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
1:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 708
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 | 298.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.17° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.08° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.