The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1904
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
7:43 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -232
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 | 209.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.81° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.56° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.