The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 2015
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
11:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 251.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.78° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.91° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.