The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 10, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
4:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2168
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.07° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.08° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.