The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 233.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.13° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.03° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.