The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 2043
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
9:36 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1488
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 12.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.97° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.16° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.