The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1901
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
6:13 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -269
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.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.32° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.