The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 1904
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
9:09 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -232
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.08° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.89° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.