The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 1996
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:26 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.87° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.28° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.