The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 10, 2049
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
2:47 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1562
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.09° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.92° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.