The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1905
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
4:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -220
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 | 335.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.77° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.19° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.