The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
6:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 980
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.19° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.29° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.