The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
2:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 295.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.48° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.96° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.