The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 2143
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
4:01 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2724
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 213.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.25° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.63° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.