The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
12:35 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.54° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.