The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 10, 2078
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
6:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1920
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.56° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.30° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.