The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 10, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
6:58 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1166
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 331.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.27° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.51° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.