The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 10, 2072
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:59 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1846
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.91° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.29° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.