The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 10, 2182
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
2:10 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3207
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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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 | 86.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.44° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.85° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| 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.