The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
5:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 795
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 | 138.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 17.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.59° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.67° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.