The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:17 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.53° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.41° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.