The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 10, 1988
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
1:14 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.26° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.93° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.