The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 2010
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
10:43 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1079
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.28° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.41° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.