The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1908
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
10:58 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -182
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.22° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.21° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.